WITH 10 signings since the end of last season and a left-back out injured, Town and Leyton Orient have plenty in common.

While Gary Naysmith faces four months on the sidelines, Orient’s Charlie Daniels is due back much sooner, although his hamstring injury means he remains a big doubt for tomorrow’s game.

O’s manager Russell Slade has allowed loan man Michael Liddle to return to Sunderland, leaving 18-year-old Mike Cestor the only other left-back on the books.

Slade has played both Elliott Omozusi, a summer signing from Fulham, and Jimmy Smith, recruited from Chelsea, in that position in recent games.

Terrell Forbes, who played under Slade at Yeovil, has impressed in central defence alongside Ben Chorley, while Dean Cox, brought in from Brighton, where Slade had a spell at the helm last season, has been in bright form on both wings.

Stephen Dawson, signed from Bury, and experienced Matthew Spring, the former Luton, Leeds and Watford man recruited from Charlton, have linked up in central midfield.

And up front, Alex Revell, signed from Wycombe, has been identified as a dangerman by Town striker Jordan Rhodes, who said: “He’s a lively player who has scored three goals already this season.”

Revell, who has also played for Cambridge, Brighton and Southend, is partnered by experienced Scott McGleish.

The 36-year-old, who has also seen service with Charlton, Peterborough, Barnet, Colchester and Northampton, believes his side must bounce back quickly after last week’s 2-0 derby defeat at Dagenham and Redbridge.

“We have to make sure we are on our game and certainly better than we were against Dagenham,” he said.

“We might be able to get our passing game going and it will come down to who wants it the most as it does most weeks.”

Slade, whose other close-season recruits were former Spurs goalkeeper Lee Butcher and ex-Aldershot midfielder Aaron Brown, said: "We're better than we showed at Dagenham. We’ll dust ourselves down and there will be another day.”